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I think it's funny that all the guys tend to not think that house cleaning is hazing, while all the women do.
Nevertheless, I stand with my gender in saying that house cleaning is not, and is hard to imagine as, hazing. First, having members and new members have weekly duties is commonplace among fraternities with or without live-in members. Anytime there is a party, homecoming, or any event at a fraternity house, someone has to clean up after the event.
In my chapter, it is understood that if you were at the party or event the night before, you will be at the house the day after at an agreed upon time to help clean up...regardless of your membership status. This wasn't mandatory, but just an understood thing within the chapter. I never felt pressured to do so, and actually had a good time cleaning and hanging out with brothers on a saturday morning. I could see if I was being told to scrub toilets or something that that was hazing, but this is a cooperative effort of the large part of the chapter. I guess then, that community service, rush, or even going to class because we have minimum grade point standards could be construed as hazing. I have a hard time considering any of these to be hazing...and I know that at least our host institution and our fraternity concurs.
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